Women Health

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Prevalence and risk factor of neck pain in elderly Korean community residents   - Reported, May 25, 2013   Neck pain is a common musculoskeletal condition, which causes work absenteesism, disability, and substantial medical cost. In a cohort study in Ontario, the estimated percentage of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Greener neighborhood, bigger babies: A spanish study - Reported, May 25 2013 Pregnant women living in areas with more plants and trees gave birth to slightly heavier babies with slightly larger heads, reports a new study from Spain. The results are among the first to show the benefits of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health SRI LANKA: Pregnant women at greater risk in conflict.   - Reported, May 25, 2013   Thousands of pregnant women caught up in the fighting between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are in urgent need of healthcare, according to aid workers. Given the number … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Turkmenistan family planning needs of women at risk   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Turkmenistan has endorsed the new Reproductive Health Indicator (RHI) into the health statistics system on coverage of high at risk women by the family planning services, which will better target the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in UAE women and girls - Reported, May 24, 2013   The widespread vitamin D deficiency among women as well as adolescent girls in the UAE is a major concern. Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin that helps the body absorb calcium, prevents bone … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Vietnamese Women's Health Project   - Reported, May 24, 2013   The Vietnamese Women's Health Project is a home visitation intervention by female lay health workers for Vietnamese American women aged 20 to 79 who have not adhered to guidelines for interval Pap testing. The lay health … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Validation of the depression anxiety stress scales (DASS) 21 as a screening instrument for depression and anxiety in a rural community-based cohort of northern Vietnamese women   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Depression and anxiety are the common non-psychotic mental disorders experienced most … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Early Sexual Activity Raises HIV Risk for Trinidad and Tobago Girls   - Reported, May 24, 2013   A key problem that goes along with rising sexual activity and HIV transmission among young people is the increasing number of young women who transfer the virus to their babies. At the Tobago … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Fertility & Pregnancy Parent-Child Relationship Weakened By Fathers' Remarriage Post-Divorce: A study   - Reported May 24, 2013   Adult kids' relationships with their parents can be complicated, to say the least. And according to a new study out of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health 'Mobile Moms' to Boost Health of Women in Timor-Leste   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Timor-Leste, one of the world's newest and poorest countries, has one of the world's highest rates of maternal death, and many infants die within a month of birth. To improve the odds for mothers and their … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health New self-injectable drug gives infertile women greater hope - Reported, May 24, 2013   A high level of non-compliance of women to a regimen of a daily injectable fertility drug prior to the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure has resulted in exacerbation of the issue. The … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Fibroids: A silent health problem affecting women in Trinidad and Tabago   - Reported, May 24, 2013   The health of women is an issue that requires focused attention today. Many concerns dominate the public agenda. Cancer, in particular breast and cervical cancer, affect women in Trinidad … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health T&T Health Ministry suspends HPV vaccination programme at schools   - Reported, May 24, 2013   The Ministry of Health has suspended its Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination programme for young girls at the primary and secondary schools following pressure from denominational school … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Timor-Leste: Women slow to adopt safer birth practices.   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Babies are plentiful in Timor Leste - almost seven per woman on average - and so too are health problems in a country where chronic malnutrition is rampant and access to effective healthcare remains a … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Disordered eating among African American and African Caribbean women: The influence of intimate partner violence, depression, and PTSD   - Reported, May 24, 2013   IPV, consisting of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse by an intimate partner, remains a pervasive epidemic in the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health United States Virgin Islands still need to know about HPV, Cervical Cancer, and Condom Use   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Cervical cancer is an infection-related cancer caused primarily by the human papilloma virus. Sexual behavior is a primary risk factor for contracting the genital type … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health In Timor-Leste, communities mobilize to confront domestic violence.   - Reported, May 24, 2013   “If the dispute is not that serious, if it is just slapping and there is no blood, we just let the family work it out,” says an elderly customary leader, Norberto Tomas, addressing a group of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Reducing neonatal infections in south and south central Vietnam: the views of healthcare providers   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Infection causes neonatal mortality in both high and low income countries. While simple interventions to prevent neonatal infection are available, they are often … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Diabetes cases rising in Uzbekistan   - Reported, May 24, 2013   The Uzbek government is legally required to pay for the treatment of several illnesses, including diabetes, but many patients complain that clinics often deny free treatment or tell them the necessary drugs are out of stock. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Uzbekistan birth control program criticised   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Contraceptives are supposed to be provided free in Uzbekistan, according to Health Minister Adkham Ikramov. The IUD is the most popular contraceptive, used by 61.9% of women of childbearing age. Hormone … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Water Brings New Life to Women in Rural Uzbekistan   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Bringing potable water and better sanitation to rural communities in Uzbekistan improves people's lives and empowers women to take charge of their lives. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health 1 in 3 UAE women at risk of bone disease - Reported, May 24, 2013   One in three women in the UAE over the age of 50 is prone to fractures incurred through osteoporosis and could experience osteoporotic fractures, doctors said. Affecting more than 200 million women across the world … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Maternity hospital Masters differ on suicide provision - Reported, May 24, 2013   Current regime of treating at-risk pregnant women 'unreasonable'. The Masters of two Dublin maternity hospitals have differed on the suicide provisions in the abortion legislation at an Oireachtas … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Less than 10% of women with breast cancer will have genetic mutation - Reported, May 24, 2013   Only 5 to 10 per cent of women in Ireland diagnosed with breast cancer will have the genetic mutation that prompted actor Angelina Jolie to undergo major surgery to reduce risk. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Depressed women twice as likely to have a stroke: Health risk applies to those in their 40s and 50s warns major new study - Reported, May 24, 2013   Women in their 40s and 50s with depression are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke, warns a landmark study. Striking … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Ugandan youth move to front line of HIV, maternal health fight. - Reported, May 24, 2013   Rubaga Girls Primary School pupils had assembled to listen to an HIV awareness talk. The school always created an opportunity for the pupils and their parents to learn about different issues, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Uganda: Education of Girls Can Prevent Pregnancy Complications - Reported, May 24, 2013   Annually, 16 million girls aged between 15 and 19 give birth. Ninety percent of the births in developing countries occur in single teens or adolescent marriages. Many of these women have been … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Uganda: Cancer Myths Fail Family Planning - Reported, May 24, 2013   Half of the Uganda women in the reproductive age bracket think that using contraception may cause infertility while 41% believe the Intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs) cause cancer. This is according to … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Tajikistan   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Save the Children’s multi donor health program in Tajikistan aims to establish a sustainable program based on community mobilization and household counseling to improve community and household Maternal … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Improving Midwifery Services in Tajikistan   - Reported, May 24, 2013   When midwives are educated, empowered, and informed of essential basic life-saving skills, they can avert the vast majority of maternal deaths. But in Tajikistan where two-thirds of the population reside in rural areas, … [Read more...]